Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2006 18:07:30 -0400 From: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Cc: Robert Watson <rwatson@freebsd.org>, Eugene Grosbein <eugen@www.svzserv.kemerovo.su> Subject: Re: HEADS UP: FreeBSD 5.3, 5.4, 6.0 EoLs coming soon Message-ID: <200610091807.30591.jhb@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20061005115140.GA47746@svzserv.kemerovo.su> References: <451F6E8E.8020301@freebsd.org> <20061005102923.N84384@fledge.watson.org> <20061005115140.GA47746@svzserv.kemerovo.su>
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On Thursday 05 October 2006 07:51, Eugene Grosbein wrote: > On Thu, Oct 05, 2006 at 10:30:09AM +0100, Robert Watson wrote: > > > >>When this kind of thing happens you just need to periodically make a bit > > >>of noise to make sure it doesn't get forgotten. In particular you should > > >>mention the problem to re@ so they can investigate and track it. > > > > > >Do I need to bother re@ with non-working fdc(4) in 6.2-PRERELEASE? > > >http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=kern/103841 > > > > > >In short: dual boot computer, floppy drive works in Windows, does not work > > >at all in 6.2-PRE. > > > > Could you try booting a 6.1 or 6.0 CD and see if this is a regression from > > previous FreeBSD versions? Often, floppy disk problems are a symptom of an > > ACPI/BIOS problem, FYI, so you might want to check if there's a BIOS update > > from your system/motherboard vendor. > > I run latest BIOS afaik. > > It's definetely a regression from 4.11-STABLE that runs fine > on this system with ACPI fully enabled (see also followup to the PR > that I made today for more details). I have up-to-date mirror of FreeBSD Repo > here so can build 6.1 or 6.0 kernel to test, and I will. The ACPI in 4.11 is not fully enabled by any stretch of the imagination. It only manages the power button. :) It doesn't enumerate devices like fdc0. 4.x only uses PNPBIOS and kernel config for that. -- John Baldwin
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